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Cuts to the nation’s food stamp program enacted this year are only affecting four states, far from the sweeping overhaul that Republicans had pushed, an Associated Press review has found. Continue reading →

President Barack Obama is carrying out a presidential duty that he hasn’t had a lot of opportunity to perform recently: signing into law a major piece of bipartisan legislation. Mr. Obama will sign the farm bill into law Friday at Michigan State University. Continue reading →

President Obama plans to sign the 2014 Farm Bill Friday, a move that will solidify food and agriculture policy for the next half decade — which goes much further than nutrition programs and crop insurance. Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — Congress has given its final approval to a sweeping five-year farm bill that provides food for the needy and subsidies for farmers. Ending years of political battles, the Senate on Tuesday sent the measure to President Barack Obama, … Continue reading →

After two years of work and battle, Congress seems close to a farm bill deal. Gwen Ifill talks to Bloomberg News’ Alan Bjerga about what’s in the bipartisan compromise — including changes to farm subsidies and $8 billion in cuts to food stamps — and how the fight was uncharacteristically partisan. Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural … Continue reading →

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., believes the tactics used by Republicans during the shutdown were "not wise." Lott joins Judy Woodruff to begin a series of conversations about the future of the GOP. They discuss the importance of getting work done and what issues could help reunite the party. Continue reading →

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks analyze the week’s news with Judy Woodruff, including the decision by House Republicans to reject the Senate immigration bill, Senate Leader Harry Reid’s call to change filibuster rules and new political bids by Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer. Continue reading →

In other news Thursday, House representatives voted 216-208 to pass a farm bill that excludes a measure for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as food stamps. Also, at least 31 people were killed in a series of attacks in Iraq, just a few days since the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Continue reading →